Example sentences of "do n't usually [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meredith was disconcerted by his unsmiling reaction because people did n't usually stay immune to her friendly warmth . |
| 2 | Although she was a widow , she did n't usually wear black . |
| 3 | " I do n't — " he began , cleared his throat , " I do n't usually dance all that much . |
| 4 | Girls do n't usually do that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't usually do that , but it has been a long day . ’ |
| 6 | They wo n't , do n't usually do that . |
| 7 | That was strange starting to add up from the centre you do n't usually do that . |
| 8 | You do n't usually make much secret of it , do you ? |
| 9 | I you do n't usually have that and that do you ? |
| 10 | ‘ It 's just period pain , Nurse , but I do n't usually have such a bad time . ’ |
| 11 | Stories about the illegal capture and sale of wild animals do n't usually have happy endings , and so no wonder there was much celebration when 10 wild-caught orang-utans smuggled into Taiwan and destined for the pet trade were confiscated by Taiwanese officials and sent back to their Indonesian homeland for rehabilitation . |
| 12 | I do n't usually buy that sort anyway but the last couple of |
| 13 | Erm we do n't feel you 've got to spend all that raffle prizes , erm because we do n't usually raise much more than sixty to seventy do we on the raffle ? |
| 14 | Lucy Lane said : ‘ People do n't usually put empty boxes into a safe . |
| 15 | ‘ Them as do ’ do n't usually get much of a look-in . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're using muscles that do n't usually get much work , ’ he said . |
| 17 | You do n't usually get good brickwork when they 're piecework though . |
| 18 | People do n't usually get taller or shorter when they eat cake . |
| 19 | Never , but you do n't usually get any from me that 's why you 've never asked . |
| 20 | These do n't usually rise more than a couple of hundred metres before falling back along parabolic paths . |
| 21 | Men do n't usually take much part in these things , ’ she added , more from experience than from cynicism . |
| 22 | I do n't usually act this way . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ American doctors do n't usually ask old men for help . ’ |
| 24 | But you do n't usually say that . |
| 25 | He does n't usually do that ; at least , it 's not known that he does . |
| 26 | It will be difficult to decide on the co-respondent , of course ; one does n't usually have such a rich and varied choice . |
| 27 | Florian does n't usually get invited and wo n't go when he does . |